Dahiru Musdapher

Dahiru Musdapher GCON CFR
A portrait of Justice Musdapher
12th Chief Justice of Nigeria
In office 2011–2012
President	Goodluck Jonathan
Preceded by	Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu
Succeeded by	Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office 2003–2012
Justice of the Nigerian Court of Appeal
In office 1985–2003
Chief Judge of Kano State
In office 1979–1985
Attorney General of Kaduna State
In office 1976–1979
Personal details
Born	Dahiru Babura Musdapher (1942-07-15)15 July 1942 Babura, Northern Region, British Nigeria
Died	22 January 2018(2018-01-22) (aged 75) London, United Kingdom
Spouse	Sabwa Dahiru Musdapher

Dahiru Babura Musdapher GCON CFR (15 July 1942 – 22 January 2018) was a Nigerian jurist who served as the 12th chief justice of Nigeria from 2011 to 2012. He served as the attorney-general and commissioner of justice of Kaduna State from 1976 to 1979, and as the chief judge of Kano State from 1979 to 1985. Musdapher was a justice of the Nigerian Court of Appeal from 1985 to 2003 and of the Nigerian Supreme Court from 2003 to 2012.